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The house on the left of the photo is Windyridge, 15 Maes y Dre. My grandparents lived there from new (about 1927) until my grandmother died in 1997. My father was born there in 1930. The Institute was endowed to the ...Read more

A memory of Gronant

I worked at the Derwent hotel in 1973 & 1974. I came from Sheffield with a friend to work the season but ended up working 2 seasons. It was then owned by Mr Morel & the manager was Mr Sorrentino. It was a great hotel to work ...Read more

A memory of Torquay by Val Enjuanes

We always went to the Gallion swimming pool because it was cheap, maybe one penny ? I don’t remember. But the Sugar bowl was expensive for us, a half crown, I believe . We used to go to the pond to get spawn, which we ...Read more

A memory of Burgh Heath by Valerie Ford

My mom and lived in Weoley Castle when they were first married. My dad was 19 years old and my mother was 20. They were friendly with Mr and Mrs Charles who lived in Weoley Castle. They had a daughter who liked my brother, ...Read more

A memory of Weoley Castle by Hilary Riley

My parents moved from Durham to Burgess Hill in the mid-fifties. I was born in 1957, at Cuckfield hospital, and at that time lived in West Park Crescent. Both my brother and sister were also born in Burgess Hill. I remember my ...Read more

A memory of Burgess Hill by David Storey

I was a student nurse,residing in Lindsey Smith House until 1969. Happy days

A memory of Virginia Water by Rae Hodkinson

My name is David Cannon I was born in Dagenham in 1947 at my maternal grandmothers house but immediately moved to Alfred’s Way Barking opposite the Volunteer pub to live with my Gran and Grandad Cannon. They had lived in Barking ...Read more

A memory of Barking by David Cannon

I was in Crossfield House Children's Home for 7 years from about 1958 to about 1965. I loved Gerrard's Cross, the primary school & I loved the village itself. It was fun for me as a young boy out of the slums ...Read more

A memory of Gerrards Cross by jpbrown888

We lived in Thames Ditton from about 1951 until 1963. We were in a shabby flat at first ,Warwick Buildings, Summers Road, before moving to a council house in Alexander road. The flats were still fitted with gas lights! The ...Read more

A memory of Thames Ditton by Sheridan Smith

As a fourteen year old, I lived for a while in a then new house in Stangrove Road. It was a welcome change in many ways from the old brick house we had been in in Oxted, Surrey. One night I thrilled my school friends ...Read more

A memory of Edenbridge by Richard Strange